Defense attorney Kenneth S. Morrison speaks during opening statements of Samuel Woodward's murder trial for the stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Orange County Superior Court, in Santa Ana, Calif. A prosecutor told jurors that the killing of the gay University of Pennsylvania student in Southern California more than six years ago was a hate crime. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail, Pool via AP)
Orange County Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Walker speaks during opening statements of Samuel Woodward's murder trial for the stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Orange County Superior Court, in Santa Ana, Calif. Walker told jurors that the killing of the gay University of Pennsylvania student in Southern California more than six years ago was a hate crime. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail, Pool via AP)
Orange County Deputy Sheriffs escort Samuel Woodward into Orange County Superior Court for Opening Statements of the murder trial for the stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Santa Ana, Calif.(Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail, Pool via AP)
Orange County Deputy Sheriffs escort Samuel Woodward into Orange County Superior Court for opening statements of his murder trial for the stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Santa Ana, Calif. A prosecutor has told jurors that the killing of the gay University of Pennsylvania student in Southern California more than six years ago was a hate crime. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail, Pool via AP)
Orange County Deputy Sheriffs escort Samuel Woodward into Orange County Superior Court for opening statements of his murder trial for the stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Santa Ana, Calif. A prosecutor has told jurors that the killing of the gay University of Pennsylvania student in Southern California more than six years ago was a hate crime. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail, Pool via AP)
Orange County Deputy Sheriffs escort Samuel Woodward stands in Orange County Superior Court for Opening Statements of the murder trial for the stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Santa Ana, Calif. The killing of a gay University of Pennsylvania student in Southern California more than six years ago was a hate crime, a prosecutor said Tuesday in opening statements of a murder trial. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail, Pool via AP)
Orange County Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Walker speaks during opening statements of Samuel Woodward's murder trial for the stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Orange County Superior Court, in Santa Ana, Calif. Walker told jurors that the killing of the gay University of Pennsylvania student in Southern California more than six years ago was a hate crime. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail, Pool via AP)